PRODUCTIONS
The Team
Mike West
Productions Director
Mike’s enthusiasm, drive and passion for music, production and technology has given him the opportunity to work on some amazing projects. His arranging career started at fifteen years old, creating arrangements for several local big bands and function bands, and then his own successful local function band. He is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, able to adapt to a wide range of musical styles and genres from classical music to Hip Hop.
He has been a Musical Director and Musical Arranger/Producer for countless Stage Productions, Concerts, Pantomimes and Musical Revues.
Ben Whiston
Sound Engineer
Ben’s career began at the age of 12 when he started playing guitar and singing in various bands. This naturally progressed into an interest in live sound and recording.
Ben’s role as head sound engineer at Kicker, is to mix and master our wonderfully arranged productions from Mike, to create a sonic experience that will leave your audience wanting more. Ben takes great pride at attention to detail in his work and always strives to make the shows and tracks the best they can be.
Ben has been involved with countless productions over the years by being a front of house sound engineer, monitoring engineer and now studio mixing engineer for Kicker Productions. Through his experience in these roles, he has confidence that he can satisfy sound engineers needs when it comes to your performance.
When he’s not busy in his purpose built mixing suite, you can usually find him enjoying a beer with his canine friend, Spud.